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PLUMBING 
AND ELECTRIC WIRING 

IN ADDITIONS TO 

POST HOSPITAL AT FORT 

SAM HOUSTON 

TEXAS 



IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS PREPARED IN THE 

OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL 

UNITED STATES ARMY 



August, 1908 



WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1908 



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SPECIFICATIONS 

FOR 

Plumbing and Electric Wiring in Additions to Post Hospital at 
Fort Sam Houston, Tex. 

In accordance with plans prepared in the Office of the Surgeon-General , 

U. S. Army. 



[See general conditions attached to specifications for construction, which 
govern where applicable.] 



DESCRIPTION. 

1. The work covered by these specifications em- 
braces the fitting up of the following plumbing: 

2. Basement. — Toilet room, dispensary, drains in 
areas and wall hydrants. 

3. First floor. — Toilet room. 

4. Second floor. — Toilet room. 

5. The above to include all piping and connections 
to fixtures, also all hot and cold water supply, drain, 
and vent pipes, and connecting hot-water pipes to 
present heater in hospital. 

6. All workmanship and material to be in strict 
accordance with the "General specifications for plumb- 
ing buildings" prepared in the office of the Quarter- 
master-General, U. S. Army, dated March 1, 1907, 
to which the specifications for this building refer, and 
of which they form a part, unless otherwise specified. 

7. The drawings of fixtures accompanying the 
"General specifications" are intended to illustrate 
kind and style of fixture wanted, the quality of which 
is given in the said specifications. 



8. The number and location of fixtures will be as 
shown on the plans. 

9. The plumbing contractor will work in harmony 
with the other contractors on the building and will 
confer with and advise the contractor for construction 
as to the necessary preparations to be made for in- 
stalling the plumbing , and will do his work at such 
times and places as not to delay any other work on 
the building as directed by the officer in charge. 

10. A complete layout of the piping systems will 
be prepared by the plumber and submitted to the 
officer in charge for his approval before starting the 
work. 

Note. — All sewer pipes, water pipes, etc., are to extend 5 feet 
beyond the building line. From these points they are continued 
by the Quartermaster's Department under separate contract and 
the cost is not to be included in this contract. 

PLUMBING. 

11. Soil pipes. — The main soil pipes in building to 
be 4-inch cast iron. 

12. Supply pipes. — The main supply in buildings 
to be 1-inch extra strong pipe. 

13. Painting. — All exposed pipes, not nickel plated, 
to bfc cleaned, given coat of shellac, and finished with 
aluminum bronze. 

FIXTURES, ETC. 

14. Bath tubs, Type A-l. 

15. Water-closets, Type B-l, with tank of Type 
C-l for each. 

16. Wash basins in toilet rooms, Type E-5. 

17. Showers, Type G, with Italian marble stalls. 

18. Urinals, Type F-4. 

19. Slop sinks, Type K-3. 

20. Dispensary sink, Type H-4, except that it will 
be enameled iron and supported on legs instead of 
brackets. 

21. Two wall hydrants for each wing, Type P, to 
be placed where directed. 



22. Area traps will be a 3-inch cesspool, with per- 
forated cover, and P trap directly under, without bell 
trap. 

TILE AND MARBLE WORK. 

23. Tile floors. — Floors of toilet rooms, first and 
second stories, to be of 2-inch hexagonal vitreous 
white tiles, with borders of one row of 3-inch by 6- 
inch glazed white tiles. 

24. Tile wainscoting. — Wainscot all rooms having 
tile floors; tile will be 4 feet high; tile to be 3-inch 
by 6-inch glazed white tile, with coved base and 
rounded top, coved angles at corners and rounded 
return at openings. Tile wainscoting will not be re- 
quired behind closet stalls, shower stalls, urinal stalls, 
and bathroom partitions provided for hereafter. 

25. Furnish for all toilets Italian marble partitions 
6 feet 6 inches high and 1% inches thick around bath 
tubs, showers, water-closets, slop sinks, urinals, etc., 
with wainscoting back of all fixtures, in stalls 1 inch 
thick, as indicated on drawings. All exposed sur- 
faces to be polished. Front stiles for openings and 
all fronts to be 134 inches thick, supported on nickel- 
plated brass legs, and to have nickel-plated brass rails 
with supports on top. All rails, standards, bolts, 
angles, clamps, etc., to be nickel-plated brass. Each 
stall for closets and showers to be provided with two 
33^-inch nickel-plated brass double hooks secured to 
marble. All doors to be white pine (see painting), 
finished cream white, with solid panels, hung with 
single-acting nickel-plated brass spring hinges, and 
be secured with bolts, and door stops rubber mounted, 
all in accordance with detail drawings. 



SPECIFICATIONS 

FOR INSTALLING CONDUIT, WIRING, SWITCHES, WATT- 
METER, AND FIXTURES, AND MAKING SERVICE CON- 
NECTIONS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN TWO NEW AD- 
DITIONS TO POST HOSPITAL AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, 
TEXAS. 

(See "General Conditions,'' 1 which will govern for this work where 

applicable.) 

DESCRIPTION. 

1. The work covered by these specifications consists 
in furnishing all material and installing in two new 
wings to post hospital a three-wire to a two- wire wiring 
system for incandescent lights, with outlets, boxes, 
switches, distribution tablets, wattmeter, and fixtures, 
complete and ready for use ; and also making the neces- 
sary changes in service connections to building. 

2. All workmanship and material shall be in strict 
accordance with General Electrical Specifications No. 
4, to which these specifications refer, and which form a 
part of these specifications. 

3. The drawings of apparatus accompanying General 
Electrical Specifications No. 4 are intended to illustrate 
the kind and style of apparatus wanted, the quality of 
which is given in the specifications. 

4. The electrical contractor must work in harmony 
with the other contractors on the building, and must 
confer with and advise the contractor for construction 
as to the necessary preparation to be made for installing 
electrical work, and must do his work as directed by the 
officer in charge, and at such time and place as not to 
interfere with or delay any other work on the building. 

5. The electrical contractor must prepare a sketch 
plan of the complete layout of the work and submit it 
to the officer in charge for his criticism and approval 
before starting the work. 

(6) 



INTERIOR WORK. 

6. Wire each of the two new wings to building for 
electric lights. Place in first story of each of the two 
new wings where directed a Type C-19 panel board 
inclosed in a Type C-20 panel board cabinet with Type 
C-21 cover, having a steel panel in cover instead of glass 
panel as shown. Cabinet shall be finished in black 
enamel, baked on. 

7. Furnish and install in partition of hall next to 
skylight room in main building, as directed, a three-wire 
Type C-19 special panel board inclosed in a Type C-20 
panel board cabinet with Type C-21 cover, having a 
steel panel in door instead of glass panel as shown. 
Distribution panel shall have special meter connections 
so arranged that current consumed in proposed new bar- 
racks can be measured separately from the current con- 
sumed in remainder of building. Panel board shall 
have six circuits, two of which shall be left vacant. 
One circuit shall supply current for present main line 
switch in main building. Two of the remaining cir- 
cuits shall supply current for the panel boards in the 
two new wings to be added to hospital. The remaining 
circuit shall provide current for proposed barracks in 
rear of hospital. This circuit shall be provided with 
meter outlet near main distribution box. Wattmeter 
for this circuit will be furnished and installed by con- 
tractor for wiring new barracks, but feeder for new 
barracks shall be installed by this contractor, the feeder 
being run to point in present building most convenient 
for attachment of feeder from new barracks, exact 
point to be designated by the officer in charge. 

8. Furnish and install a triple-pole, Type C-22, 
main line switch, with Type C-23 fuses near bull's- 
eye window above ward roof in east gable of main 
building where directed. 

9. Connect new main line switch with new distribu- 
tion tablet in main building, new distribution tablet 
in main building with old main line switch and with 
the two new distribution tablets in new wings of 
building, and run circuit, as described above, for new 
barracks, using Type II conductor inclosed in stand- 



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ard; stiff steel conduit for all this work. Wires for 
all of these feeders shall be of sufficient size to provide 
2,000 circular mils for each ampere flowing when all 
lights supplied by these feeders are burning. 

10. Furnish and install at new distribution tablet 
in main building a three -wire wattmeter of ample 
capacity, and connected to measure all current con- 
sumed in present building and in two new wings to be 
constructed. Wattmeter shall be similar to those 
now in use at the post. 

11. Remove present wattmeter from building and 
deliver it to the post quartermaster. Place closed 
cover on outlet box used for present meter connec- 
tions after having properly spliced, soldered, and 
taped the connections therein. 

12. Furnish a duplicate set of fuses for all tablets 
to be installed in building under these specifications. 

FIXTURES. 

13. Furnish and install in each half of new ward 
addition to post hospital the following fixtures : 

Two verandas. — Six Type F-10 fixtures with A 
shades. 

Two loggias. — Two Type F-15 fixtures with pagoda 
shades. 

Two wards. — Eight Type F-51 fixtures with D 
shades; 22 Type F-24 brackets with D shades. 

Two halls. — Two Type F-15 fixtures with pagoda 
shades. 

Two toilets. — Two Type F-15 fixtures with pagoda 
shades; 2 Type F-27 brackets with wire guards. 

Two ward masters' rooms. — Two Type F-24 brackets 
with D shades. 

BASEMENT OF RIGHT WING ONLY. 

Two Jialls. — One Type F-15 fixture with pagoda 
shade; 1 Type F-19 fixture with pagoda shade. 

Attendants 7 room. — Two one-light cord drops with 
D shades. 



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Dispensary. — Two Type F-53 fixtures with D 
shades; 4 Tvpe F-24 brackets with D shades. 

Toilet.— One Type F-27 bracket with D shade. 

Five small storerooms. — Five one-light cord drops 
with wire guards. 

Rear hall. — One Type F-15 fixture with pagoda 
shade. 

Boiler room. — One Type F-15 fixture with pagoda 
shade. 

Porches. — Three Type F-8 fixtures 

BASEMENT OF LEFT WARD ONLY. 

Three small rooms. — Four Type F-15 fixtures with 
wire guards. 

One large room. — Four Type F-15 fixtures with 
pagoda shades. 

A shades to be 6 3^-inch holophane spheres. 

D shades to be 6-inch No. 256; Phoenix Glass Com- 
pany catalogue shades or equal. 

Wire guards to be heavy "Hold Fast" guards or 
equal. 

SWITCHES. 

14. Locate wall switches to control lights as follows: 

Six switches to control lights on verandas, these 
switches to be placed inside building where directed. 

Two switches to control lights in loggias. 

One switch to control each outlet for ceiling lights 
in each of two wards. 

One switch to control ceiling lights in each of three 
halls. 

One switch to control ceiling lights in each of two 
toilets. 

One switch to control each outlet on porches of 
basement of right wing. 

Two switches to control ceiling outlets in dispen- 
sary in basement of right wing. 

One switch to control lights in each of three halls 
in basement of right wing. 



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EXTERIOR WORK. 

15. Construct a pole line connecting new main-line 
switch in building with the secondaries of the post 
electric-light line as directed by the officer in charge. 

16. Poles shall be of best cedar , straight, well pro- 
portioned, draw shaved, not less than 35 feet in 
length, must have a top diameter of not less than 
73^ inches and a butt diameter not less than 12 
inches, must be planted 5 feet 6 inches in the ground, 
must not be spaced more than 100 feet apart, and 
poles and cross arms must be painted to match color 
of present electric-light poles in post. 

17. Poles must be guyed if necessary to hold them 
straight, using 8-inch Stombaugh anchors or equal. 

18. Insulators, guys, cross arms, and wall brackets 
shall be similar to those now installed at the post. 

19. Service connections shall consist of three No. 
4 B. & S. gauge Type I conductors. 

Note. — Bidders are requested to state the cost of the wiring 
and the cost of the fixtures as separate items in their proposals, as 
each is paid for from a different appropriation. 



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